CV
General Information
| Name | Melih Kandemir |
| Address | Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark |
| Office | Ø13-511b-2 |
Experience
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2026 - Present Professor
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA) -
2021 - 2026 Associate Professor
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA) -
2019 - 2021 Research Group Leader
Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence -
2018 - 2019 Research Scientist
Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence -
2017 - 2018 Assistant Professor of Machine Learning
Ozyegin University, Department of Computer Science -
2013 - 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg Collaboratory for Image Processing
Education
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2013 PhD in Computer Science
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland -
2008 MSc in Computer Science
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkiye
Grants
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Independent Research Fund Denmark (Co-PI w/ Silvia Tolu)
- 849,330 EUR (2026-2030)
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Novo Nordisk Foundation New Exploratory Research and Discovery (NERD) (Single PI)
- 2,226,075 EUR (2026-2032)
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Independent Research Fund Denmark (Single PI)
- 425,032 EUR (2026-2030)
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Independent Research Fund Denmark (Single PI)
- 425,032 EUR (2025-2029)
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Carlsberg Foundation Semper Ardens Accelerate (Single PI)
- 671,908 EUR (2022-2026)
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Novo Nordisk Foundation Start Package (Single PI)
- 600,000 EUR (2021-2026)
Invited talks
- ELLIS PhD and Postdoc Summit, ELLIS Society, 13th July 2021
- Follow Up Session Self-aware AI, German Physical Society, 26th Feb 2021
- Self-aware AI: How can a neural network learn to say „I do not know“?, German Physical Society, 23rd Nov 2021
- Towards self-aware AI (in Turkish), Turkish AI Hub, 6th Aug 2020
- Modern Bayesian Inference for Machine Learning, 43rd Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days, Oct 2019
Academic Service
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Grant Panel Memberships:
- DFF Ad Hoc Committee, AI Thematic Research (2025-26)
- DDSA Fellowship Evaluation Committee (2024-26)
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Area Chair / SPC:
- NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, AISTATS, ECAI
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Venue Organization:
- EWRL & RLC Europe 2027: General Chair
- D3A 25-26: Poster Chair